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First time at a gym... very nervous!
Hi guys. I'm going for my first gym induction tomorrow and I feel sick with nerves! I keep thinking back to in school when a teacher turned to me and called me a "fat waste of school time" because I came last in long distance running. I've been soooo nervous to ever exercise in front of anyone ever since. I want to lose…
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Starting again (for the fifty-billionth time...)
Maybe a little exaggeration, but you get the idea. This time is a little different, mind, and I feel a little sad about it. My max weight had always been 200lbs and I'd found it quite easy to fluxuate about 15lbs under that. I lost a fair bit in my first year and a half at university, however now I'm in my final few months…
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Help me with a gym routine? Pretty please?
I started using the gym a while ago, but with little structure and knowledge about what I was doing, really. I need a workout plan that will work pretty much like a tick list, and so I know exactly what each bit of equipment I'm using is working. Without something like this I'm never going to get anywhere! I want to lose…
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Women with the contraceptive implant?
Hey! I just last week was fitted with a Nexplanon implant and wondered if there's any women out there with a contraceptive implant that want to be friends on here? With side effects like killer mood swings and increased appetite, I know it's going to make losing that bit harder, but it'd be really cool to have some people…
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Strength/Cardio ratio?
Hi guys. I just joined the gym, I'm 208 trying to get to 140. My question is that I know strength training is also important when getting into shape, not just cardio, but how much of each should I do? Should my workout be 50/50? Or concentrate more on cardio until I'm a bit smaller? Thank you :3
